Based on the attached reading below, answer the following questions: 1. What is

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Based on the attached reading below, answer the following questions:

1. What is Bloom's taxonomy?

2. What is the difference between the original and the revised versions?

3. Consider Table 1, in your experience, what taxonomic level do you believe most of your tests have focused on?

Bloom's Taxonomy: Original and Revised by Mary Forehand Introduction One of the basic questions facing educators has always been "Where do we begin in seeking to improve human thinking?" (Houghton, 2004). Fortunately we do not have to begin from scratch in searching for answers to this complicated question. The Communities Resolving Our Problems (C.R.O.P) website recommends, "One place to begin is in defining the nature of thinking. Before we can make it better, we need to know more of what it is" (Houghton, 2004). Benjamin S. Bloom extensively contemplated the nature of thinking, eventually authoring or co-authoring 18 books. According to a biography of Bloom, written by former student Elliot W. Eisner, "it was clear that he was in love with the process of finding out, and finding out is what I think he did best. One of Bloom's great talents was having a nose for what is significant" (2002) Although it received little attention when first published, Bloom's Taxonomy has since been translated into 22 languages and is one of the most widely applied and most often cited references in education. (Anderson & Sosniak, 1994, preface), (Houghton, 2004), ( Krathwohl, 2002), (oz-TeacherNet, 2001). As of this writing, three other chapters in this ebook make reference to Bloom's Taxonomy, yet another testament to its relevance History In 1780, Abigail Adams stated, "Leaning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence" (guotationspage.com, 2005). Learning, teaching, identifying edcational goals, and thinking are all complicated concepts interwoven in an intricate web. Bloom was arduous, diligent, and patient while seeking to demystify these concepts and untangle this web. He made "the improvement of student leaning" (Bloom 1971, Preface) the central focus of his life's work Discussions during the 1948 Convention of the American Psychological Association led Bloom to spearhead a group of educators who eventually undertook the ambitious task of classifying educational goals and objectives Their intent was to develop a method of classification for thinking behaviors that were believed to be important in the processes of leaming. Eventually, this framework became a taxonomy of three domains . The cognitive knowledge based domain, consisting of six levels . The affective attitudinal based domain, consisting of five levels, and . The psychomotor - skills based domain, consisting of six levels

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Bloom's taxonomy is a multi tiered model of classifying thinking according to six cognitive levels of complexity. Throughout the years , the levels have often been depicted as a stairway, leading many teachers to encourage their students to climb to a higher level of thought .

2.: Due to its long history and popularity, it has been condensed, expanded, and reinterpreted in a variety of ways . Research findings have led to the discovery of a veritable smorgasbord of interpretation and applications falling on a continuum ranging from tight overviews to expanded explanations.

Revised :- changes in terminology between the two versions are perhaps the most obvious difference and can also cause the most confusion. Basically bloom's six major categories were changed from noun to verb forms .

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